Between Medium and Technology: Harry Bertoia’s Monotypes

Learn more during part three of the Harry Bertoia Symposium. Dr. Sydney Skelton Simon discusses the artist's monotype prints.
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An in-depth discussion of the work and impact of American artist Harry Bertoia (1915-1978), who was one of the most prolific, innovative artists of the postwar period. Bertoia’s legacy includes designs for one-of-a kind jewelry and iconic chairs, thousands of unique sculptures including large-scale commissions for significant buildings, and advancing the use of sound as sculptural material. Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life questions how and why we distinguish between a chair, a necklace, a screen, and a freestanding sculpture-and what Bertoia’s sculptural things, when seen together, say about the fluidity of visual language across culture, both at mid-century and now.